The ZOO
动物园

This series of photographs was made in Beijing, where the entire city is under construction for the coming 2008 Olympic Games. I was astonished by how rapidly the city could change I first arrived in 2006. The migrant construction workers toiling day and night, daily we witness the changing face of the city, as if in a moment the architecture comes to life, sometimes with a confusion and chaos, like the natural world, these things grow and take their own shape.

This kind of symmetrical beauty can be found in traditional Chinese architecture. However, in present-day Beijing, this kind of natural beauty is already lost. In my photographs, I reconstruct these new buildings by changing the symmetry and proportion to appear as if they were insects in the air.

这一组照片是在北京拍摄的，目前整个北京市为了2008的奥运而处在长期的建设之中，对于这样的快速改变，我感到非常的惊讶。我第一次来到北京是在2006年，从外地来的民工日夜不停的工作著，而我们每天都可以见证这个城市的改变，像是这些建筑突然间活了起来。

这种对称的美我们可以在古代的中国建筑之中看到，但在目前的北京，这种自然之美已经尽失了。在我的照片里，我重新以对称的方式重组这些新建筑，并且改变它们的比例与大小，它们看来就像是在空中的昆虫。

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The Zoo
动物园

#01 2006-07

Size I: 50cm x 50cm - Edition of 10
Size II: 110cm x 110cm - Edition of 6 + 2 AP

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The Zoo
动物园

#02 2006-07

Size I: 50cm x 50cm - Edition of 10
Size II: 110cm x 110cm - Edition of 6 + 2 AP

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The Zoo
动物园

#03 2006-07

Size I: 50cm x 50cm - Edition of 10
Size II: 110cm x 110cm - Edition of 6 + 2 AP

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The Zoo
动物园

#04 2006-07

Size I: 50cm x 50cm - Edition of 10
Size II: 110cm x 110cm - Edition of 6 + 2 AP

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The Zoo
动物园

#05 2006-07

Size I: 50cm x 50cm - Edition of 10
Size II: 110cm x 110cm - Edition of 6 + 2 AP

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The Zoo
动物园

#06 2006-07

Size I: 50cm x 50cm - Edition of 10
Size II: 110cm x 110cm - Edition of 6 + 2 AP

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The Zoo
动物园

#07 2006-07

Size I: 50cm x 50cm - Edition of 10
Size II: 110cm x 110cm - Edition of 6 + 2 AP

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The Zoo
动物园

#08 2006-07

Size I: 50cm x 50cm - Edition of 10
Size II: 110cm x 110cm - Edition of 6 + 2 AP

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The Zoo
动物园

#09 2006-07

Size I: 50cm x 50cm - Edition of 10
Size II: 110cm x 110cm - Edition of 6 + 2 AP

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The Zoo
动物园

#10 2006-07

Size I: 50cm x 50cm - Edition of 10
Size II: 110cm x 110cm - Edition of 6 + 2 AP